Bookholder



L. MORRIS April 21, 1931.

BOOKHOLDER Filed Aug. 27, 1928 .2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR BY my ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 21, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE IBOOKHOLDER Application filed August 27, 1928. Serial No. 302,409.

The object of this, my present invention, is t e provision of a bookholder especially adapted to be attached to the corner post or other part of a bedstead and of an adjustable supported at desired angles with the reader reclining on the bed, the device being also provided with a shield for a lamp that will reflect the rays of light from the lamp onto the book and away from the eyes of the reader.

The invention will be fully and comprehensively understood from a consideration of the following detailed description when read respect to in connection with the accompanying drawings which form part of the application, with the understanding, however, that the improvement is capable of extended application and is not confined to the exact showing 2 of the drawings nor to the precise construction described and, therefore, such changes and modifications may be made there-from as do not afl'ect the spiritpf the invention nor exceed the scope thereof as expressed in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement, the dotted lines indicating one of the various angles or positions at which the holder may be arranged.

Figure 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

F igure 3 is a rear elevation to illustrate the manner in which a platemay be attached to the hook holder proper as when books of comparatively large widths are supported by the holder.

, Figure 4 is a sectional view approximately on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a sectional View on the line 5-5 of Figure 3. a

Figure 6 is a sectional view approximately on the line 6-6 of Figure 2.

Figure 7 is a sectional view approximately on the line 77 of Figure 2.

Figure 8 is a detail perspective view looking toward the clamp end of the supporting rod. l

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates the supporting rod construction whereby the book may be with the ball on the end .rected rod 7. The upper end of the rod 7 75 of the improvement. As most clearly disclosed by Figure 8 of the drawings, this rod has one of its ends formed with an angle socket 2. The socket comprises a split member andthe end of the rod on which the socket is formed is also slotted for a determined length. There is threaded throu h the slotted end of the rod 1, the shank o? a bolt having a knurled head 3 The socket pro- Vides an adjustable clamp whereby the rod 1 may be securely fixed to the corner of a bedstead or to any other desired support. The supporting rod 1 has a ball and socket connection with a rod extension 4. There is preferably threaded through the socket, which is carried by the rod 1, a bolt member 5 to engage with the ball end of the rod extension 4 and the outer end of the extension 4 carries a socket 6 arranged at an angle with respect to the socket on the rod 1 for the reception of a ball head on one end of an upwardly directed rod 7. A binding element 8 passes through the socket 6 and contacts of the upwardly dihas a ball and socket connection with a plate 9, there being threaded through the socket a binding element 10 which engages with the ball head of the joint. The plate 9 has its lower edge provided with a laterally extend ing angle plate or ledge 11, the horizontal flange 13 of which providing the rest proper for a book.

The horizontal flange 13 of the angle ledge plate 11 has fixed thereto the ends of upwardly directed spring clamps 14 which hold the book open when the same is arranged upon the ledge 13 and is in contact with the back of the improvement.

The back 16 comprises crossed slats or links which are centrally connected. The ends of the respective inner links 15 are connected by means 17 and 18, respectively to upper and lower lugs or projections on the plate 9.

The outer links or slats 19 of the back 16 are arranged straight or in parallelism with the plate 9 and the back or rear face of these, links 19 as well as the cross links adjacent thereto have secured thereon spaced series of 100 its alining bails or sockets 22. The bails or sockets 22 are designed to have passed there-.

through arms 23 t at have one of their ends fixedly secured to the back of a plate 24. The plate 24 has secured to its outer edge spring arms or clips 25 which have arched ends that contact with the outer faces of the said plate 24. The spring clips 25 may engage with the exposed pages of ranged on the holder. The plate 24 serves as a means for widening the back of the holder, but is primarily designed for clamping a note book on the holder so that the reader of the book ma make desired notations thereon. The p ate 24 is reversible, that is, the same may be arranged on either the left or the right hand side of the holder and thereby permit the same being used by either right or left hand persons in making notations or recordin phrases or para graphs from the rea mg matter on the older.

The top of the plate 9 has fixed thereon a reflector 21 for an electric bulb whose rays of light will be directed onto the pages of the book that is arranged on the holder.

Having described the invention, I claim: A book holder having its back,'adjacent to its ends, provided with alining series of bails, a plate having arms fixed to the back thereof and extending therebeyond to be received through the series of bails for removably fastening the plate on the end of the holder and said plate'having fixed to its outer edge the ends of inwardly arched spring clips which contact with the outer face of the plate, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aifix my si ature.

LEWIS MO RIS.

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